The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire. Lecture 4 of 6. The Twilight of the Gods Mins :80 DocumentaryNonfiction LECTURE 4 OF 6: The Twilight of the Gods. After the reign of “the Good Emperors” and generations of conquest and expansion, the Empire descended into utter chaos. Eventually Diocletian reformed the very structure of the Empire itself. Watch on Amazon Previous articleFamily Kitchen RevivalNext articleWhen we yearn for the one-true-one.